P.O.V. | Rain in a Dry Land | Preview | PBS

P.O.V. kicks off its 20th anniversary season on PBS on World Refugee Day, June 19, 2007, with "Rain in A Dry Land" by Anne Makepeace. How do you measure the distance from an African village to an American city? What does it mean to be a refugee in today's "global village"?

"Rain in a Dry Land" provides eye-opening answers as it chronicles the fortunes of two Somali Bantu families, transported by relief agencies from years of civil war and refugee life to Atlanta and Springfield, Massachusetts. As the newcomers confront racism, poverty and 21st-century culture shock, the filmmaker Anne Makepeace (P.O.V.'s "Baby, It's You") captures their efforts to survive in America and create a safe haven for their war-torn families. Their poetry, humor and amazing resilience show us our own world through new eyes. A co-production with the Independent Television Service (ITVS). Find out more at www.pbs.org/pov

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Film & Animation

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• pov
• refugee
• somalia
• massachusetts
• bantu
• pbs
• documentary
• africa

[swacrusader]

stay in Africa, get the hell out of my country.

[NN3210]

6-25-07, but today's 2-23-08 so tough luck kid.

[abdirisakinlove]

Oh my God it reminded me something! any way it is a good one

[kalsha07]

when do they re-air this film i missed the first one

[GlobiansFilmFestival]

Presented at Third Globians® world & culture documentary film festival 2007 in Potsdam (Germany, Europe).

[LUK0BA]

We Africans need to focus in wealth building & unity to overcome present & past challenges. If you are weak you'll always be taken advantage of. Poverty is a sin & that's my commandment.

[quran233]

yeah ! thank america eh ? .. thank them or hate them ? .... let me ask you something ....who speared aids in africa ? ( as i am a patholigist expert ... i knoe wot am talkin about ) ......who does not allow african nations in wto , to export their own goods ? it is america ...they gave us one million , they make us loose triple thta ...let think !!!!

[LUK0BA]

Sometimes we criticize America so much & we forget how it has help a lot of people. It surely has a role in this world.

[waaraa]

Great Video. It reminded me the documentary(The New Americans)Great job BPS. Your programs are really edactional. I still remember when the guy(from Nigeria)said"I'd advice anyone who wants to come to USA NOT TO HAVE HIGH HOPES.